Feature

Skype for Business Server 2015

Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1

Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Clients for Skype for Business Online

 

 

 

Skype for Business Full

No

No

No

Skype for Business Basic

No

Yes

Yes

Lync 2013 Basic

No

Yes

Yes

Skype for Business Windows Store app

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lync for Mac 2011

Yes

Yes

Yes

Skype for Business mobile clients

Yes

Yes

Yes

Skype for Business Web App

Yes

Yes

Yes

Instant Messaging, Presence, and Contacts

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Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1

Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

PC-to-PC IM and Presence

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multiparty IM and Presence

Yes

Yes

Yes

Contact Card Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

My Picture Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

My Picture: URL Photo Experience

Yes

No

No

Contact List Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unified Contact Store

Yes

Yes

Yes

Address Book Search

Yes

Yes

Yes

Distribution List Expansion

Yes

Yes

Yes

Persistent Chat

Yes

No

No

Photos of Sender/Receiver

Yes

Yes

Yes

Skype-to-Skype Audio, Video, and Media

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Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1

Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Desktop sharing

Yes

No

Yes

Application sharing

Yes

No

Yes

File transfers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Voice

Yes

Yes

Yes

Video

Yes

Yes

Yes

Media path optimization

Yes

No

No

Network Quality of Service (QoS) - Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)

Yes

No

No

Video-based screen sharing

Yes

No

Yes

Federation and Public IM Connectivity

Skype for Business Server 2015

Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1

Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Lync Server 2010 (IM, Presence, Audio, Video, Conferencing)

Yes

Yes

Yes

XMPP (used by Google Talk, for example) and Sametime federation

Yes

No

No

Skype federation

Yes

Yes

Yes

AOL and Yahoo! federation

Yes

No

No

Skype for Business Online Meetings

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Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Ad Hoc and Schedule Audio Conferencing

Yes

No

Yes

Ad Hoc and Schedule Video Conferencing

Yes

No

Yes

Active Speaker Video

Yes

No

Yes

H.264 Encoding and Decoding

Yes

No

Yes

Multiparty Video

Yes

No

Yes

High Definition Video or Pictures of All Attendees

Yes

No

Yes

Presenter Controls

Yes

No

Yes

Participant Selected View

Yes

No

Yes

OneNote Sharing

Yes

No

Yes

Ad Hoc and Schedule Web Conferencing

Yes

No

Yes

Dial-in Audio Conferencing via Certified Audio Conferencing Provider (ACP)

No

No

Yes

PowerPoint Sharing

Yes

No

Yes

Whiteboard and Annotations

Yes

No

Yes

PowerPoint Upload

Yes

No

Yes

Polling

Yes

No

Yes

Client-Side Recording and Playback

Yes

No

Yes

Server-Side Recording and Playback

No

No

No

Meeting Lobby

Yes

No

Yes

Guest Access to Skype for Business Meetings with Skype for Business Web App

Yes

No

Yes

Schedule Skype for Business Meetings in Outlook

Yes

No

Yes

Schedule Skype for Business Meetings in Outlook on Behalf of Others (Delegation)

Yes

No

Yes

Schedule Skype for Business Meetings with Web Scheduler

Yes

No

Yes

Schedule Online Meetings in Outlook Web App

Yes

No

Yes

Outlook Delegation for Scheduling Meetings

Yes

No

Yes

Create public meetings with static meeting IDs from Outlook

Yes

No

No

Security and Archiving

Skype for Business Server 2015

Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1

Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

IM and Media Encryption

Yes

Yes

Yes

IM and File Filtering

Yes

No

No

Client Version Control

Yes

Yes

Yes

IM Content Archiving

Yes

No

No

Conference Content Archiving

Yes

No

No

Application Sharing, and Desktop Sharing Archiving

Yes

No

No

User Level Archiving Configuration

Yes

No

No

Login Trace Files

Yes

Yes

Yes

Exchange and SharePoint Interoperability

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Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Presence Interoperability with Exchange Server

Yes

Yes

Yes

Presence Interoperability with Exchange Online

Yes

Yes5

Yes

Unified Messaging interoperability with Exchange Server

Yes

No

No

Unified Messaging interoperability with Exchange Online

Yes

No

No

Outlook Web App interoperability

Yes

Yes

Yes

Archiving interoperability with Exchange Server

Yes

No

No

Archiving interoperability with Exchange Online

Yes

Yes

Yes

Skill Search with SharePoint Server

Yes

No

No

Skill Search with SharePoint Online

No

No

No

Skype for Business Online Administration and Management

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Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Microsoft Office 365 portal

No

Yes

Yes

Microsoft Office 365 admin center

No

Yes

Yes

Skype for Business admin center

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows PowerShell

Yes

Yes

Yes

Skype for Business Online reporting in Office 365 admin center

No

No

No